&& text.charAt(parentPath.length) === '/') {

        fullPath = text;

        name = text.slice(parentPath.length + 1);

      }

      else {

        fullPath = parentPath + text;

        name = text.slice(1);

      }

    }

    else {

      fullPath = parentPath + '/' + text;

      name = text;

    }

​

    if (name.indexOf('/')) {

      // TODO: figure out something about invalid names with slashes

    }

​

    var ul = getChildUL(li);

    var children = getChildren(fullPath, ul);

    return {

      li: li,

      name: name,

      fullPath: fullPath,

      children: children

    };

  }

​

  function getLIText(li: HTMLLIElement): string { 

    for (var i = 0; i < li.childNodes.length; i++) {

      var node = li.childNodes.item(i);

      if ((<HTMLElement>node).tagName) continue;

      // TODO: check something for tag type

​

      return node.textContent;

    }

​

    return null;

  }

​

  function getChildUL(li: HTMLLIElement): HTMLUListElement { 

    for (var i = 0; i < li.children.length; i++) {

      var ul = li.children.item(i);

      if (ul.tagName === 'UL' ||

        (ul.tagName && ul.tagName.toLowerCase() == 'ul'))

        return <HTMLUListElement>ul;

    }

    return null;

  }

​

  function getChildren(parentPath: string, ul: HTMLUListElement): Entry[] {

    var result: Entry[] = [];

    for (var i = 0; i < ul.children.length; i++) {

      if (li.tagName == 'LI'

       || (li.tagName && li.tagName.toLowerCase() == 'li')) {

        var childEntry = loadEntry(parentPath, li);

        result.push(childEntry);

      }

    }

    return result;

  }

​

}